-pathic
Word Origin
1
a combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -pathy:
psychopathic.
Origin
< New Latin; see -pathy, -ic
Related Words
- amphipathic
- cytopathic
- exopathic
- homeopathic
- idiopathic
- patho-
-pathica word element forming adjectives from nouns ending in -pathy, as psychopathic.
[see -pathy, -ic]-pathic
word-forming element from Latin pathicus, from Greek pathikos "suffering, remaining passive," from pathein "to suffer" (see pathos).
-path·ic
\|pathik, -thēk\ adjective combining form
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary -pathy + -ic
1. : feeling, suffering, or affected in a (specified) way
< telepathic >
2. : affected by disease of a (specified) part or kind
< myopathic >
3. : relating to therapy based on a (specified) unitary theory of disease or its treatment
< homeopathic >
1.
< telepathic >
2.
< myopathic >
3.
< homeopathic >
-pathic
Suffix
- Adjectival form of suffix -pathy.
- idiopathic
- psychopathic
- sociopathic
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).